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My Last Post

In roughly 3 days and 8 hours, I will be filing out of the Barn with the class of 2012 to begin this year’s commencement ceremony. At Bennington commencement, most people don’t wear cap and gowns (though they can) and we don’t do the pomp and circumstance thing. Instead, we divide up the festivities: on Friday night we’ll hear speeches by our senior class speaker (Bryan Conovor) and our commencement speaker (Peter freaking Dinklage) after a dinner that we’ll have with our family and friends under the tent currently taking up 3/4 of the lawn. Then on Saturday morning, we’ll listen to the chosen faculty speakers (still a mystery) and some brief words from our prez, Liz Coleman. Then we’ll do the walk and to finish, be led to the lawn for a reception by faculty playing musical instruments on stilts. But most importantly, we’ll all hear the words that are traditionally spoken at every graduation since 1936:

This is my last post for the Bennington blog. I’m not sure there’s another campus job that is as fun and rewarding as bi-weekly gushing about the fun and frustrations I’ve had here as a student. Though I’m mother flipping excited to have such a natural conclusion to my time here and move on to new things, I think I’ll always be just a little homesick for my friends, my professors, and the view from the end of the world. As a parting gift to all the incoming freshmen and prospective students, here are some tips for how to make the most of your time at Bennington:

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Finals have done a number on Michaela’s back, so Finn took a moment in our shift to help her loosen things up. Finn: “I can actually feel your shoulder blade now.” And then he helped almost every other intern in the office regain some semblance of looseness in their joints/limbs. Dr. Finn in the HOUSE. - Meg

Finals have done a number on Michaela’s back, so Finn took a moment in our shift to help her loosen things up.

Finn: “I can actually feel your shoulder blade now.”

And then he helped almost every other intern in the office regain some semblance of looseness in their joints/limbs.

Dr. Finn in the HOUSE.

- Meg

To do before graduation

  • Finish thesis
  • Write 10-12 page paper for my lit class
  • Go to Ramunto’s for pizza and beer one last time
  • Walk to Power’s Market and have lunch by the lake one last time
  • Go to the Dairy Bar and get a soft-serve twist cone one last time
  • Give my advisor the gift that I bought her on Etsy
  • Get Carol Pal to hug me a second time and set a new record
  • Get interviewed for a PhD position at the University of Glasgow to be part of a team doing a four year study of the illicit antiquities trade
  • Try not to hyperventilate during the interview or rock back and forth while considering I am one of three candidates being considered
  • Cry at last coffee hour
  • Pack
  • Shake Peter Dinklage’s hand
  • Graduate.

- Meg

Class with Prof. Eileen Scully is usually always fun, but the other night it seemed more fun than usual. Not only did she bring snacks (like she always does) and start the first break with a musical interlude while she flashed the lights like a strobe light and danced around the room, but she brought out some play dough that had been hiding in a closet and shared this Women’s Suffrage version of Bad Romance. As you can see from my crappy Photobooth pic taken on the sly, my friend Victoria made a play dough replica of the Irish portal tomb Poulnabrone. Added to the list of things I’ll miss about Bennington. - Meg

Class with Prof. Eileen Scully is usually always fun, but the other night it seemed more fun than usual. Not only did she bring snacks (like she always does) and start the first break with a musical interlude while she flashed the lights like a strobe light and danced around the room, but she brought out some play dough that had been hiding in a closet and shared this Women’s Suffrage version of Bad Romance. As you can see from my crappy Photobooth pic taken on the sly, my friend Victoria made a play dough replica of the Irish portal tomb Poulnabrone.

Added to the list of things I’ll miss about Bennington.

- Meg

Got financial aid questions?

There have been a lot of questions lately about financial aid at Bennington, all of which we have answered on our legit website. The average freshman award for financial aid in 2009-2010 was included $25,475 of grant/scholarship funding from institutional sources, or an average of $27,603 from institutional, federal, state, and private sources. Awards for U.S. freshmen with financial need also include $3,500 to $5,500 in subsidized and unsubsidized student loans, and a Federal Work-Study allocation of approximately $2,000. 

If you have questions about financial aid, you should check out the Financial Aid page on the Bennington website, especially the FAQs. 

If that doesn’t answer your questions, you should totes email the Financial Aid office at finaid@bennington.edu, or call 800-833-6845.

- Meg

Yesterday the Bennington class of 2012 gathered at the end of the world for our senior class photo. Lately, graduation has felt like it is never going to come. Between my thesis, my papers, all the books I have to read, and all the tours that need to be given, I think we’ve all felt like it’s close but still too far away to feel like this is ever going to end. It definitely felt real for me yesterday when I realized that in exactly a month, we will all be gathered together again. Only next time I’ll be wearing nicer clothes and our families will be watching and Peter Dinklage will be there and we won’t have any more papers to write and it’ll be the last time. Sometimes when I’m walking in front of the Barn, I think about how I’ll be walking down that front walk with my diploma in a few weeks. And then I flip out, because aren’t I still supposed to be new here? When did I start giving the tours instead of being the one toured? Why does high school feel like a bad dream instead of actively being my life? Didn’t Emily Tareila just hug me at the end of my interview and totally convince me to apply here? At the same time that I can’t wait to go and feel so ready for what’s coming next, I’m also taken aback that it really is time. Here’s an outtake from the photo shoot yesterday. - Meg

Yesterday the Bennington class of 2012 gathered at the end of the world for our senior class photo. Lately, graduation has felt like it is never going to come. Between my thesis, my papers, all the books I have to read, and all the tours that need to be given, I think we’ve all felt like it’s close but still too far away to feel like this is ever going to end. It definitely felt real for me yesterday when I realized that in exactly a month, we will all be gathered together again. Only next time I’ll be wearing nicer clothes and our families will be watching and Peter Dinklage will be there and we won’t have any more papers to write and it’ll be the last time. Sometimes when I’m walking in front of the Barn, I think about how I’ll be walking down that front walk with my diploma in a few weeks. And then I flip out, because aren’t I still supposed to be new here? When did I start giving the tours instead of being the one toured? Why does high school feel like a bad dream instead of actively being my life? Didn’t Emily Tareila just hug me at the end of my interview and totally convince me to apply here? At the same time that I can’t wait to go and feel so ready for what’s coming next, I’m also taken aback that it really is time. Here’s an outtake from the photo shoot yesterday.

- Meg

Last week, our own Riley Skinner performed with Katie Rudman and Bronwyn Maloney as Fragile Lung at the South Street Cafe. It was a beautiful performance, as per usual with these three, and it was great to have South Street packed with so many Bennington students and people from town. Even Dr. Randy, our campus doctor, showed up, and got a special shout out and applause. Because he’s Dr. Randy. 

- Meg

Taking stock in Admissions

This week has seemed particularly stressful for a lot of us on campus. Mid-terms may have just ended and finals might be a month away on our calendars, but we seem to have more work than ever. Here’s what some of us in Admissions are stressed about this week. And to counter all the negativity, what’s going well for us too!

What’s stressful:

Connie ‘12: ”My memoir class, my solo performance, my video class, my acting class, the Bennington Free Press. You can just put down that Connie is stressed about EVERYTHING. Oh, the future! That’s a big one.”

Jessieh ‘13: “Solo performance project, play script development, planning my advanced work with someone who’s not here due to sabbatical, constructing a Japanese identity around the history of brothels pre-1860s Japan, the fact that I need a massage and I don’t have the money for one…”

Janiele ‘12: “Yesterday I learned that most Americans don’t know the second verse of “Ring Around the Rosy” and it affected me emotionally. It’s two weeks before my advanced work in politics is due and I’m starting to feel the pressure on that. There’s a lot of pressure on where I am but also a lot of excitement about where I’m going and it’s stressful to balance that.”

Liam ‘14: “The presentation I have to give next Friday on Charles Stuart Parnell. I have to read like three 400 page biographies to do that presentation. Also my room is a den of filth and thieves.”

What’s going great:

Connie ‘12: “My solo performance is actually going well. It’s stressing me out, but I’m actually quite proud of it. I’m also proud of my pilot script, even though it’s not done. Also, Deadwood and Raising Hope and Game of Thrones. Pretty much television is my salvation.”

Jessieh ‘13: “My solo performance is starting to take shape, I’m really into my advanced dance project, I’m enjoying re-reading a book by Annie Rogers, THE KENNEDY HOME MOVIES ON NETFLIX, looking forward to sunny weather, my little sister looked great at prom, and the recent supply of diet Coke in the admissions office refrigerator.” 

Janiele ‘12: “I’m really excited about my job in Japan, about moving there, and about getting to use my Japanese every day! Studying a language involves a lot of speculation about what you can do with that after college, and it’s great to know that it’s going to be a big part of my life and that it’s the thing that got me where I’m going.”

Liam ‘14: “My room is a den of filth and thieves. And senior dance concerts.”

- Meg

TONIGHT my girl Riley and her girls Bronwyn and Katie are going to be performing at our own South Street Cafe in downtown Bennington as Fragile Lung. I am SUPER excite for this show for a number of reasons: 1) South Street Cafe is a really cute little cafe in Bennington with great coffee and food, and I’m always looking for an excuse to go there; 2) I not only love Riley, I also love her music; 3) she and her lovely bandmates will be performing about six songs that they have never performed for anyone before. So it’s kind of like hearing Joni Mitchell’s new music before she was famous and before her new music was the music you live your life to. AH. Riley’s music has been known to make people CRY as well as LAUGH, so if you can make it, we’ll see you at South Street at 7! If you can’t, check out Riley’s music online.  - Meg

TONIGHT my girl Riley and her girls Bronwyn and Katie are going to be performing at our own South Street Cafe in downtown Bennington as Fragile Lung. I am SUPER excite for this show for a number of reasons: 1) South Street Cafe is a really cute little cafe in Bennington with great coffee and food, and I’m always looking for an excuse to go there; 2) I not only love Riley, I also love her music; 3) she and her lovely bandmates will be performing about six songs that they have never performed for anyone before. So it’s kind of like hearing Joni Mitchell’s new music before she was famous and before her new music was the music you live your life to. AH. Riley’s music has been known to make people CRY as well as LAUGH, so if you can make it, we’ll see you at South Street at 7! If you can’t, check out Riley’s music online. 

- Meg

Think of this as the relentless burrowing of a murine beast!

Prof. Alex Mihailovic on the noise of the weedwackers outside of our classroom in Eastern European Literature and Cinema

- Meg

HI GUYZ

We have been receiving a CRAZY amount of questions lately and we love it. BUT. If you have more than one question or a question that needs a more technical answer, PLEASE EMAIL US! We love to get emails and help you out as an individual person, especially if you have a particular issue that has more to do with your application rather than the culture of the school. We want to make sure all your questions are answered as effectively as possible and within a reasonable time frame!

That way we can all look like this:

- Meg

I feel like all I ever do is talk about my advanced work, so sometimes it’s nice to think back to the beginning and what I was doing before everything became clear. Here are some images from my very first field work term at Davis Publishing in Worcester, Mass., where I was an editorial intern in Davis Art Images. Among other things, my big project was organizing and labeling the company’s library according to the Library of Congress system. But I also got to help out with an exhibition in the Davis Art Gallery called, “Meanwhile…: A Group Show of Worcester Comic Creators”. My internship at Davis was so successful that they even asked me back to work for them (fo moneyz) in the summer and again the next field work term. If it hadn’t been for FWT, I might have never discovered this really dynamic company working in the heart of Worcester or had SUCH a cool first serious job. 

- Meg

Planking at Bennington.

- Meg

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- Meg